It’s well known that governing parties often lose voters over time—the so-called cost of governing. But a new study from Frederik Hjorth, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, documents a lesser-known but potentially crucial side effect of being in government: politicians begin to speak less simply and understandably.
When politicians gain power, their language becomes garbled
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